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THE  BAHAI  REVELATION 

A  Brief  Statement  of  its  History 
and  Teachings 


By 

CHARLES  MASON  REMEY 
1919 


THE  NEW  DAY 

By  CHARGES  MASON  REMEY 

Distributed  by 

BAHAI  PUBLISHING  SOCIETY 
P.  O.  Box  283,  Chicago,  111. 

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FOREWORD. 

This  pamphlet,  compiled  from  previously  approved  and 
circulated  articles,  is  published  in  order  to  meet  the  present 
increasing  need  for  propaganda  literature  in  the  field  of  Bahai 
teaching.  Its  contents  summarizes  information  which  can 
be  found  in  a  less  abridged  form  in  the  standard  literature 
of  this  movement.  C.  M.  R. 

Washington,  D.  C., 
May  28,  1919. 


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DISSERTATION 

By  Abdul  Baha  Upon 

THE  NEW  DAY. 

"Do  you  know  in  what  day  you  are  living?  Do  you  realize 
in  what  dispensation  you  are  alive  ?  Have  you  not  read  in  the 
holy  scriptures  that  the  consummation  of  the  ages  there  shall 
appear  a  day  which  is  the  sun  of  all  the  past  days? 

"This  is  the  day  in  which  the  Lord  of  Hosts  has  come  down 
from  heaven  on  the  clouds  of  glory !  This  is  the  day  in  which 
the  inhabitants  of  all  the  world  shall  enter  under  the  tent  of 
the  word  of  God.  This  is  the  day  whose  real  sovereign  is  His 
Highness,  The  Almighty.  This  is  the  day  when  the  East  and 
the  West  shall  embrace  each  other  like  unto  two  lovers.  This 
is  the  day  in  which  war  and  contention  shall  be  forgotten.  This 
is  the  day  in  which  nations  and  governments  will  enter  into  an 
eternal  bond  of  amity  and  conciliation.  This  century  is  the 
fulfillment  of  the  Promised  Century. 

"The  East  shall  become  illumined,  the  West  perfumed  and 
the  children  of  men  shall  enter  beneath  the  all-embracing  can- 
opy of  the  oneness  of  the  world  of  humanity. 

"The  foundation  of  divine  religion  is  love,  affinity  and  con- 
cord. Praise  God  that  this  cycle  is  the  period  of  illumination ! 
Minds  have  made  great  progress;  intelligences  have  been  un- 
folded ;  the  means  of  unity  and  agreement  are  brought  about ; 
communication  between  the  races  of  men  is  rapidly  established. 
Now  is  the  time  that  all  of  us  may  embrace  the  law  of  peace 
and  treat  each  other  with  honesty  and  straightforwardness. 
Let  the  religious  prejudices  be  wiped  away.  Let  the  law  of 
racial  supremacy  be  discontinued.  Let  political  expediences 


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be  done  away  with.  Let  the  love  of  country  be  superseded  by 
the  love  of  the  world.  Let  us  all  deal  with  each  other  with 
infinite  kindness.  We  are  all  the  servants  at  the  one  Divine 
Threshold.  We  are  all  receiving  the  rays  of  truth  from  the 
same  Sun  of  Reality.  We  must  all  believe  in  all  of  the 
prophets.  We  must  all  acknowledge  the  divine  authority  of 
all  the  heavenly  books.  We  must  wash  our  hearts  free  of  all 
human  prejudices.  We  must  serve  God.  We  must  propagate 
the  oneness  of  the  realm  of  humanity.  We  must  be  the  cause 
of  the  appearance  of  the  perfections  of  the  world  of  man.  We 
must  not  be  like  the  beasts  of  prey.  We  must  not  allow  car- 
nage and  bloodshed.  We  must  regard  the  blood  of  man  as 
sacred.  We  must  not  shed  the  holy  blood  of  man  for  the 
paltry  earth.  We  must  all  agree  upon  one  fundamental  prin- 
ciple— that  principle  is  the  oneness  of  the  kingdom  of  humanity. 
"In  this  age,  BahaVllah  has  breathed  the  Holy  Spirit  into 
the  dead  body  of  the  world.  Consequently  every  weak  soul  is 
strengthened  by  these  fresh  divine  outbreathings.  Every  poor 
man  will  become  rich,  every  darkened  soul  will  become  illum- 
ined, every  ignorant  one  will  become  wise,  because  the  confir- 
mations of  the  Holy  Spirit  are  descending  like  unto  torrents. 
A  new  era  of  divine  consciousness  is  upon  us.  The  world  of 
humanity  is  going  through  a  process  of  transformation.  A 
new  race  is  being  developed.  The  thoughts  of  human  brother- 
hood are  permeating  all  regions.  New  ideals  are  stirring  the 
depths  of  hearts  and  a  new  spirit  of  universal  consciousness 
is  being  profoundly  felt  by  all  men." 


THE  BAHAI  REVELATION. 


THE  BAHAI  REVELATION 

THE  RELIGIOUS  NEED  OF  THE  TIME. 

In  this  day  the  religious  formulae  of  the  past — superstitions, 
creeds  and  dogmas — no  longer  ease  the  conscience  of  the  world 
nor  bring  satisfaction  to  the  mind  of  the  individual  adherent 
of  these  systems  of  thought.  Humanity  is  in  need  of  a  spiritual 
power  and  knowledge  with  which  to  meet  and  solve  the  prob- 
lems and  conditions  of  this  new  day  and  age.  Hence,  the 
general  changing  and  unsettled  condition  of  the  religious  world 
which  is  causing  a  large  and  an  increasing  number  of  progres- 
sive people  to  quit  thinking  within  the  prescribed  limits  of 
the  religious  thought  of  the  past,  and  to  search  diligently  for 
those  universal  fundamental  truths  of  the  spiritual  realm  of 
life  and  being,  the  knowledge  of  which  truths  is  the  religion 
of  God. 

The  Bahai  Movement  offers  to  the  world  an  all-inclusive, 
universal,  spiritual  teaching,  so  broad  that  people  of  all  races- 
and  of  all  creeds  find  place  therein.  It  is  essentially  a  religious 
movement,  a  spiritual  teaching,  free  from  the  limitations  of 
sect  and  "ism,"  and  constructive  in  its  building  upon  the  true 
faith  of  the  individual  and  upon  the  pure  teachings  of  the 
past,  thus  increasing  love  and  devotion  to  God  and  creating 
within  each  soul  the  desire  to  manifest  the  light  of  these  divine 
attributes  through  brotherly  service  to  one's  fellowmen. 

OBJECT. 

The  object  of  the  Bahai  Revelation  is  the  religious  unifica- 
tion of  all  people.  The  teaching  has  come  into  the  world  to 
fulfill  all  divine  teaching  of  the  past.  It  stands  as  the  goal 
toward  which  truth  has  always  worked,  through  its  appearance 
in  the  prophets  sent  unto  various  peoples  of  the  past  ages, 
and  it  is  the  beginning  of  that  age  of  divine  enlightenment  and 
peace,  the  coming  of  which  has  been  the  theme  of  all  reve- 
lations of  the  past — The  Kingdom  of  God  on  earth.  Thus 
the  Bahai  Movement  establishes  the  universal  religion  which 
is  the  foundation  of  inter-religious,  inter-racial  and  inter- 
national brotherhood  and  peace.  It  offers  to  mankind  a  practi- 


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cal  basis  of  unity,  one  which  is  in  direct  line  with  the  great 
world  needs  of  this  age,  and  it  is  paving  the  way  for  the  great 
universal  civilization  which  will  evolve  as  people  of  all  religions, 
races  and  nations  unite  both  spiritually  and  materially  intc 
one  great  world  people. 

DIVINE  REVELATION. 

Man,  being  finite,  can  not  comprehend  the  essence  of  tht 
Infinite  God,  which  is  beyond  any  and  all  human  conception. 
However,  through  the  manifestation  of  the  Spirit  of  God  or 
"The  Word,"  that  power  which  has  spoken  to  the  world 
through  the  Prophets  and  Chosen  Ones  of  the  past,  humanity 
learns  of  God,  knows  His  attributes,  and  is  quickened  by  His 
Spirit. 

Mankind  needs  and  seeks  spiritual  guidance.  This  divine 
guidance  has  come  to  humanity  through  the  instrumentality  of 
the  manifestations  of  God  or  the  Prophets  or  Revealers  of 
Truth.  These  chosen  souls  have  been  the  founders  of  the 

freat  religious  world-movements.    They  have  manifested  the 
pirit  of  God  to  the  people  of  the  world,  and  through  them 
men  have  known  God  and   have  become  quickened  by  the 
life  of  The  Kingdom. 

THE  ONENESS  OF  THE  MANIFESTATIONS. 

Though  the  personalities  of  the  Prophets  differed,  yet  the 
divine  power  which  spoke  through  each  one  was  the  same  in 
spirit  and  reality.  Each  Prophet  revealed  God  and  the  law 
of  the  divine  kingdom  in  proportion  to  the  needs  of  the  age 
to  which  He  ministered,  and  in  terms  and  parables  familiar  to 
its  people. 

In  their  purity,  all  religious  teachings  are  in  perfect  accord ; 
.all  teach  the  fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man. 
Human  differences,  imaginations  and  superstitions  have  been 
the  causes  of  religious  division,  dissension  and  disintegration, 
T)ut  true  spirituality  has  ever  been  the  source  and  mainspring 
of  man's  unity  in  religion  and  advancement  in  civilization. 
Each  of  the  great  world  civilizations  has  had  its  conception  and 
l)irth  in  a  spiritually  active  religion,  and  the  downfall  of  civ- 


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ilizations  has  been  brought  about  by  spiritually  lifeless  relig- 
ions, shrouded  in  forms  and  in  superstitions. 

THE  NEW  REVELATION. 

As  the  former  ages  have  had  certain  spiritual  or  religious 
needs,  so  this  present  and  coming  universal  age,  upon  the 
threshold  of  which  the  world  now  stands,  has  its  own  peculiar 
spiritual  and  religious  needs.  The  world  is  now  ready  for  the 
spiritual  unity  and  harmony  of  its  people.  The  universal 
religion  now  comes,  in  order  that  the  universal  civilization  may 
be  realized. 

The  Prophets  of  the  past  foresaw  this  latter-day  religious 
need,  and  They  also  foresaw  the  coming  of  two  great  teachers 
and  Prophets  Who  would  minister  to  the  whole  world,  and 
fulfill  the  covenant  of  God  in  establishing  the  universal  religion 
or  The  Kingdom  upon  earth. 

The  Hebrew  prophets  dwelt  at  length  upon  the  coming  of 
the  "Ancient  of  Days,"  and  the  glory  of  His  epoch ;  Jesus,  the 
Christ,  spoke  many  times  of  His  second  coming  and  the  estab- 
lishment of  His  Father's  Kingdom  upon  earth;  the  Prophet 
Mohammed  taught  that  the  Mahdi  would  come,  followed  by 
the  Manifestation  of  God  Who  would  establish  the  Kingdom  ; 
Zoroaster  taught  of  the  triumph  of  light  over  darkness,  of  truth 
over  ignorance,  and  His  followers  expect  The  Promised  One 
Whom  they  call  Shah  Bahram,  to  accomplish  this  victory; 
Gautama,  The  Buddha,  foretold  the  coming  of  the  great  Fifth 
Buddha,  Who  would  bring  enlightenment  to  all  the  world; 
the  Hindu  holy  books  mention  another  incarnation  of  Krishna, 
or  the  Divine  Spirit,  Whose  mission  would  be  universal  en- 
lightenment; while  the  poets  and  prose  writers  of  all  times 
have  depicted  the  beauty  and  the  perfection  of  the  Utopian  or 
millennial  age,  to  be  realized  when  The  Great  World  Master 
appeared  on  earth  to  establish  God's  rule  among  the  nations. 
In  reality  all  testified  to  One  Who  was  to  come.  These  prom- 
ises of  the  Prophets  of  old  are  now  realized  in  the  coming  of  the 
Bahai  Revelators  and  in  the  movement  which  They  have  estab- 
lished, the  people  of  the  various  religions  find  the  fulfillment  of 
the  sacred  teachings  of  the  past,  and  also  the  solution  of  the 


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great  latter  day  problem  of  religious  unity.  The  Bahai  Teach- 
ing confirms  and  completes  all  religious  teachings  which  have 
gone  before,  and  offers  a  practical  philosophy  which  meets 
the  present  day  spiritual  needs  of  humanity. 

THE  BAB. 

On  May  23,  1844,  there  arose  in  Shiraz,  Persia,  a  young 
man,  Ali  Mohammed  by  name,  who  declared  Himself  to  be 
The  *Bab,  or  the  forerunner  of  "He  whom  God  would  Mani- 
fest'*— a  great  teacher,  Who  was  soon  to  appear  with  manifest 
signs  of  divine  power,  through  Whose  teachings  the  religious 
unity  of  all  peoples  would  be  accomplished. 

Through  His  purity  of  soul  and  spiritual  wisdom  The  Bab 
drew  unto  Himself  many  followers  who  in  turn  promulgated 
His  doctrines  with  so  much  fervor  that  within  a  short  time 
many  believed  and  joined  His  ranks. 

The  Bab  was  met  early  in  His  career  of  teaching  by  great 
opposition  on  the  part  of  the  Mussulman  clergy,  and  at  their 
instigation,  was  placed  under  military  surveillance.  In  spite 
of  this  He  continued  His  teaching,  exhorting  the  people  to 
holiness  and  sanctity  of  living,  in  order  that  they  might  be 
fitted  to  meet  the  Promised  One,  shortly  to  appear,  and  to 
become  as  mirrors  which  would  reflect  His  spiritual  perfec- 
tion. Thus  the  first  two  years  of  His  ministry  passed,  at  the 
end  of  which  time,  He  was  seized,  by  the  order  of  the  opposing 
clerical  authorities,  and  thrust  into  prison. 

The  Bab's  imprisonment  lasted  four  years,  during  which 
time  He  taught  His  followers  through  letters  and  espistles 
smuggled  by  faithful  friends  past  the  guards  of  the  prison. 
This  was  followed  by  a  trial  in  which  He  was  condemned  to 
death  upon  the  charge  of  heresy.  With  one  of  His  followers. 
He  suffered  martyrdom  in  the  cause  of  truth  in  the  city  of 
Tabriz,  Persia,  on  July  9,  1850. 

The  mission  of  The  Bab  being  that  of  precursor  of  "He 
whom  God  would  Manifest,"  the  institutions  and  ordinances 
which  He  established  were  for  the  time  being  only.  With  the 

*"Bab"  is  the  Arabic  word  for  door  or  gate. 


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appearance  of  the  Promised  One,  the  followers  (Babis),  were 
commanded  to  turn  their  faces  unto  Him,  when  He,  who  was 
to  come,  would  reveal  His  teachings,  divine  laws  and  ordi- 
nances, thus  completing  the  foundation  of  The  Kingdom  on 
earth. 

The  Bab  was  not  alone  in  being  persecuted  by  the  Mussul- 
mans, for  with  His  martyrdom  came  upon  His  followers 
troubles  of  the  most  dire  nature.  Over  twenty  thousand  of 
these  willingly  gave  up  property,  family  and  life  rather  than 
deny  or  recant  their  faith.  As  late  as  1901,  there  were  one 
hundred  and  seventy  souls  martyred  in  this  cause  at  one  time 
in  Persia. 

BAHA'O'LLAH. 

During  the  days  of  The  Bab's  ministry,  while  His  cause  was 
being  promulgated  by  His  followers  throughout  Persia,  there 
were  many  believers  who  never  met  with  Him  in  person. 
Among  these  was  Baha'o'llah,  a  young  man  of  noble  family, 
who  warmly  espoused  the  cause,  publicly  upholding  and  teach- 
ing it  in  Teheran.  In  1852,  shortly  after  The  Bab's  martyr- 
dom, when  the  persecution  of  the  Babis  was  at  its  height, 
Baha'o'llah,  with  others  of  the  new  faith,  was  imprisoned  in 
Teheran,  and  later  on  with  a  number  of  the  followers  was  sent 
in  exile  to  Baghdad  in  Irak-Arabi. 

During  the  exile  in  Baghdad  Baha'o'llah,  through  His  teach- 
ings and  spiritual  insight,  gradually  brought  calmness  and  as- 
surance to  the  believers.  As  the  movement  gained  strength 
the  clerical  authorities  began  to  show  fear.  This  led  to  an 
international  arrangement  made  between  the  Turkish  and 
Persian  governments  by  which  Baha'o'llah  with  a  band  of  the 
followers  was  ordered  to  a  more  distant  exile  in  Constantinople. 
In  April,  1863,  on  the  eve  of  His  departure  from  the  land  of 
Irak,  Baha'o'llah  declared  Himself  to  be  The  One  whose  com- 
ing The  Bab  had  foretold,  "He  whom  God  would  Manifest." 

From  Constantinople  the  exiles  were  sent  to  Adrianople, 
where  they  remianed  until  1868,  when  they  were  finally  sent 
to  the  fortified  town  of  Akka  (Acre),  a  penal  colony  on  the 
Mediterranean  just  north  of  Mt.  Carmel  in  Syria.  There  in 


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the  land  of  Carmel,  where  "the  coming  of  the  Lord"  in  this 
latter  day  had  been  foretold  by  the  prophets,  Baha'o'llah  lived 
and  taught;  many  traveling  from  great  distances  to  receive 
instructions  from  Him,  while  others  received  teaching  through 
His  writings. 

With  the  coming  of  Baha'o'llah  the  mission  and  teachings 
of  The  Bab  were  fulfilled  and  completed;  so  from  that  time 
on  the  movement  became  known  as  the  Bahai  Movement,  and 
the  believers,  hitherto  called  Babis,  became  known  as  Bahais, 
this  new  name  being  a  derivative  of  Baha.  In  the  spring  of 
1892  the  mission  of  Baha'o'llah  being  finished,  He  passed  quiet- 
ly from  this  world. 

ABDUL  BAHA. 

During  Baha'o'llah's  ministry  His  revelation  was  complete, 
yet  His  cause  was  not  explained  nor  established  in  the  world  in 
general.  To  this  end  He,  in  His  testament,  as  well  as  in  various 
parts  of  His  teachings,  commanded  His  followers  upon  His 
departure  to  turn  their  faces  toward  His  eldest  son,  Abbas, 
more  widely  known  by  this  title,  "Abdul  Baha,"  whom  He  had 
chosen  as  their  spiritual  guide :  "The  Center  of  The  Covenant" 
of  God  to  the  people  of  the  world,  the  expounder  of  His  teach- 
ings, the  one  who  would  establish  this  great  movement  and 
to  explain  and  demonstrate  it  before  the  world — the  one  upon 
whose  shoulders  His  mantle  would  fall. 

Abdul  Baha  was  born  in  Teheran,  Persia,  on  the  23rd  of 
May,  1844,  the  day  upon  which  The  Bab  first  declared  His 
message.  During  all  the  trials  and  vicissitudes  of  the  mission 
of  Baha'o'llah,  Abdul  Baha  was  at  His  right  hand  promulgat- 
ing His  cause  and  serving  His  followers.  He  was  the  first  of 
all  to  recognize  Baha'o'llah  as  The  Promised  One  and  to  voice 
the  Mighty  Message  of  the  coming  mission  of  the  "Lord  of 
The  Ages." 

Abdul-Baha  wishes  to  be  known  as  the  servant  of  humanity. 
He  seeks  no  higher  station  than  this,  yet  when  one  understands 
all  that  this  means  one  realizes  the  combination  of  humility 
and  exaltation  which  it  implies.  He  makes  but  one  claim  for 
himself,  as  to  his  spiritual  station,  that  of  service  in  the  path 
of  God.  He  signs  himself  "Abdul-Baha  Abbas,"  which,  being 


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translated,  is  "Abbas,  the  Servant  of  God."  Abdul-Baha  is 
acknowledged  by  the  Bahais  as  their  spiritual  leader,  and  the 
one  to  be  emulated  in  the  teaching  of  this  great  faith  in  the 
world.  He,  through  his  example,  is  bringing  the  spiritual  life 
of  BahaVllah  within  the  reach  of  his  followers,  the  Bahais. 
He  is  the  first  fruit  of  the  consummation  of  God's  Latter  Day 
promise  to  the  world,  and  he  is  the  center  from  which  the  light 
is  now  being  radiated  to  the  world ;  therefore  he  in  his  mission 
lives  and  exemplifies  his  title  of  "The  Center  of  The  Covenant." 

Abdul-Baha's  life  is  one  of  active  service  to  humanity.  There 
is  no  element  in  the  daily  life  of  this  world  too  small  to  receive 
his  attention.  The  great  motive  power  manifesting  through 
him  is  not  of  this  world  but  is  of  God.  He  is  working  to  serve 
God,  yet  by  serving  God  he  serves  mankind.  From  his  early 
childhood  until  his  64th  year  he  was  an  exile  and  a  prisoner; 
yet  the  light  of  his  life  and  teachings  has  reached  and  penetrat- 
ed to  the  far  corners  of  the  earth.  For  forty  years  Abdul- 
Baha  was  a  prisoner  in  the  fortress  of  Akka — held  there  by 
the  Sultan  of  Turkey  for  no  other  reason  than  that  his  teaching 
was  bringing  enlightenment  and  freedom  of  thought  to  all  who 
came  within  the  radius  of  its  power.  With  the  fall  of  the  old 
despotic  regime  of  Turkish  government  and  the  establishment 
of  a  constitutional  rule,  which  occurred  in  the  summer  of  1908, 
Abdul-Baha  was  liberated  from  prison,  and  now  is  free  to 
come  and  go  as  he  wills.  During  the  summer  and  fall  he  visit- 
ed England  and  France,  where  he  spent  some  months  in  teach- 
ing; and  in  1912  he  spent  eight  months  in  America,  traveling 
and  teaching  from  coast  to  coast,  visiting  many  cities  and 
towns  where  he  had  friends  and  where  there  were  those  to 
listen  to  his  explanations  of  religious  questions  and  seeking 
that  vitalizing  spiritual  force  which  so  characterizes  his 
presence. 

Upon  this  tour,  in  both  America  and  Europe,  the  pulpits 
of  many  Christian  churches  of  various  sects  and  cults,  institu- 
tions of  learning,  and  the  platforms  of  philosophical  and  hu- 
manitarian movements  of  various  types  sought  Abdul  Baha 
and  welcomed  his  message  of  the  Oneness  of  the  World  of 
Humanity.  The  people  who  heard  him  were  rejoiced  by  the 
spirit  which  he  radiated,  and  those  who  came  within  the  field 


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of  his  spiritual  love  and  power,  were  strengthened  and  inspired. 

Abdul  Baha  has  the  power  of  really  penetrating  the  souls 
of  men,  of  understanding  the  needs  of  each  individual  soul, 
and  of  ministering  to  them  in  the  most  beneficial  manner.  He 
is  the  spiritual  physician  who  is  treating  humanity.  Many 
beautiful  and  touching  incidents  are  related  in  the  East  of 
the  way  in  which,  through  long  suffering  and  kindness,  he  has 
won  the  hearts  of  those  who,  because  of  their  prejudices, 
formerly  were  his  enemies.  Caring  for  the  sick  and  protecting 
the  oppressed  form  a  large  part  of  his  daily  duties.  One  of 
the  titles  applied  to  him  in  the  Orient  is  "father  of  the  poor." 

Abdul-Baha's  power  is  that  of  love.  In  going  into  his  pres- 
ence something  within  one's  soul  seems  to  respond  to  his  soul. 
Thus  a  spiritual  bond  is  made  which  is  most  far-reaching,  for 
it  is  of  the  nature  of  divine  love  and  always  remains  with  one. 
Through  his  life  and  example,  he  is  teaching  people  the  life  and 
the  way  of  The  Kingdom.  He  has  a  message  for  every  one, 
and  as  one  meets  and  contacts  with  him  in  spirit  it  is  as  if  a 
new  force  were  added  to  one's  nature.  The  power  of  the  love 
of  God  is  brought  very  close  to  those  who  come  in  contact 
with  Abdul-Baha. 

At  the  present  time,  Abdul-Baha  is  in  Palestine,  where,  dur- 
ing the  past  years  of  war,  he  has  been  serving  and  relieving 
the  sufferings  and  misery  of  the  people  brought  about  by  this 
great  world  calamity  of  war.  His  friends  in  various  parts  of 
the  world  are  now  awaiting  the  time  when  travel  will  again 
be  possible  between  the  Orient  and  the  Occident  in  the  hope 
that  they,  and  others,  may  be  able  to  go  to  him  and  receive  that 
divine  love  which  he  gives  so  freely  to  humanity. 

From  many  countries  have  gone  to  Abdul-Baha  people  of 
different  beliefs  to  receive  spiritual  help,  and  upon  leaving  him 
they  have  returned  to  their  various  homes  to  share  with  others 
the  joy  and  assurance  of  his  spiritual  message  and  to  follow 
in  his  path  of  service.  His  is  the  perfect  life,  and  as  the  people 
contact  with  him  they  find  in  him  the  center  of  this  spiritual 
light  of  this  new  day  and  age.  From  this  center  is  flowing  the 
regenerative  Bahai  spirit,  which  is  making  things  anew,  re- 
establishing religion,  reviving  faith  in  God  and  uniting  human- 
ity in  the  one  universal  brotherhood  of  God's  kingdom. 


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THE  BAHAI  WRITINGS. 

The  collective  writings  of  The  Bab  are  known  as  "The 
Beyan."  These  treat  chiefly  of  the  coming  of  Baha'o'llah,  con- 
taining exhortations  to  the  people  calling  them  to  purify  them- 
selves and  prepare  to  meet  the  Promised  One  that  they  might 
be  fitted  to  serve  Him. 

Baha'o'llah  wrote  many  treatises  in  the  form  of  books  and 
epistles,  in  which  He  demonstrates  the  oneness  of  the  spirit 
of  all  of  the  former  religious  teachings;  also  treating  of  the 
present  teachings  in  its  relations  to  the  religions  of  the  past. 
A  number  of  these  writings  were  in  reply  to  special  questions 
asked  by  men  of  learning  and  were  therefore  written  from  vari- 
ous points  of  thought,  Moslem,  Jewish,  Christian,  etc. 

The  writings  of  Abdul-Baha  are  many  and  are  chiefly  in  the 
form  of  letters,  explanatory  of  the  spirit  and  the  teachings  of 
Baha'o'llah.  In  Abdul-Baha's  life  of  service  to  humanity  is 
his  method  of  teaching,  through  which  means  he  gives  life, 
vigor  and  a  penetrative  force  to  his  words.  His  verbal  teach- 
ing, much  of  which  is  reported  and  circulated  in  manuscript 
and  in  printed  form,  consists  of  explanations,  given  to  various 
inquirers,  regarding  the  cause  and  its  doctrines,  together  with 
exhortations  to  the  followers  and  certain  principles  and  truths 
the  pursuance  of  which  is  conducive  to  the  best  secular  as  well 
as  spiritual  welfare  of  mankind. 

ETERNAL  LIFE. 

Eternal  life  is  the  state  of  soul  of  spiritually-quickened  man. 
All  souls  exist  as  entities  after  the  separation  from  the  material 
body.  However,  from  the  spiritual  standpoint,  this  mere  ex- 
istence is  not  "life."  Only  those  souls  who  are  awake  to  the 
glory  of  God  can  be  said  to  be  divinely  awake  and  alive  and  of 
the  life  eternal.  This  spiritual  awakening  is  from  God.  It  is 
His  gift  and  greatest  bounty  to  man.  By  virtue  of  the  truth 
and  spirit  revealed  to  humanity  through  the  Prophets  and 
manifestations,  man's  soul  is  awakened  from  slumber,  and, 
though  in  the  world,  yet  he  lives  in  a  higher  realm  from  which 
he  receives  divine  strength  and  force. 


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According  to  the  Bahai  Teaching  heaven  and  hell  are  con- 
ditions of  the  soul.  The  soul  which  lives  in  God  is  in  that 
divine  state  called  heaven,  while  one  not  yet  awakened  to  the 
glory  of  God  is  in  a  state  of  darkness,  or  hell.  The  coming 
of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth  has  been  the  one  theme 
of  Christ  and  the  Prophets.  All  have  spoken  of  this  epoch  in 
different  terminology,  but  in  reality  They  all  spoke  of  the  one 
great  age  of  divine  enlightenment — a  time  when  faith  should 
replace  unbelief,  and  when  divine  knowledge  should  replace 
ignorance  and  superstition,  and  the  Bahai  Cause  teaches  that 
the  world  is  now  in  the  early  dawn  of  that  new  day  and  age. 

SOCIAL  REFORMS,  LAWS  AND  ORDINANCES. 

In  addition  to  the  purely  spiritual  teachings  of  Baha'o'llah 
He  ordered  certain  changes  in  the  manners  and  customs  of 
people,  through  the  observance  of  which  the  world  in  general 
will  be  helped  both  materially  and  spiritually.  He  exhorts  the 
Bahais  to  be  tolerant,  and  in  no  way  to  separate  themselves 
from  other  people,  nor  denounce  those  of  other  beliefs.  All 
men  are  free  to  believe  as  they  wish,  but  all  are  advised  to  unite 
in  faith  and  to  lay  aside  the  prejudices  and  superstitions  of  past 
ages.  Warfare  should  be  abolished  and  international  ques- 
tions settled  by  arbitration.  A  universal  language  is  favored 
as  a  means  of  bringing  people  together  in  unity.  Legislation 
should  be  representative.  The  Bahais  should  be  peaceful  and 
law-abiding  citizens.  Their  thought  should  be  humanitarian 
before  all  else.  Faith  without  works  is  not  acceptable.  One's 
worship  should  be  supplemented  by  a  pure  and  useful  life  in 
the  world.  Men  and  women  should  marry.  Asceticism  is  dis- 
couraged. Monogamy  is  taught.  Harshness  and  hatred  are  to 
be  overcome  by  gentleness  and  love.  Man  should  not  use  in- 
toxicants as  a  beverage.  Opium  and  kindred  drug  habits  are 
denounced,  as  is  also  gambling. 

Baha'o'llah  forbade  mendicity,  slavery,  cruelty  to  animals 
and  many  other  abuses  which  our  western  civilization  has 
already  remedied,  so  it  is  hardly  necessary  here  to  mention 
them.  The  following  of  these  ordinances  is  already  producing 
its  good  effect  in  the  many  Bahai  centers  throughout  the  world, 
and  good  fruits  are  coming  therefrom. 


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MASHRAK-EL-AZiKAR. 

Prayer  supplemented  by  a  pure  and  useful  life  in  this  world 
form  the  elements  of  true  worship.  Faith  without  works  is 
not  acceptable.  Every  man  should  have  an  occupation  which 
conduces  to  the  welfare  of  humanity,  the  diligent  pursuance  of 
which  is  in  itself  an  act  of  worship. 

In  this  cause  there  is  no  priesthood  nor  clergy.  Each  soul 
approaches  God  in  prayer  without  sacred  rite  nor  ceremony. 
Temples  open  to  all  people  of  all  religions  are  to  be  provided 
for  reading,  meditation  and  prayer.  These  are  to  be  surround- 
ed by  hospices,  hospitals,  asylums,  schools,  universities,  etc., 
the  whole  group  of  buildings  to  be  known  as  a  "Mashrak-El- 
Azkar,"  which  translated  from  the  Persian  literally  means 
"The  dawning  point  of  the  mentions  of  God."  In  these  insti- 
tutions is  symbolized  both  the  spiritual  worship  and  the  hu- 
manitarian service  as  taught  by  BahaVllah. 

A  few  years  ago  in  the  city  of  Echkabad  in  Russian  Turk- 
istan  a  Mashrak-El-Azkar  was  built.  At  present  the  Bahais 
throughout  the  world  are  uniting  in  the  work  of  building  the 
first  Mashrak-El-Azkar  in  America,  which  is  to  be  erected 
upon  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan  near  the  city  of  Chicago. 

Of  the  Mashrak-El-Azkar  to  be  built  in  Chicago,  Abdul 
Baha  has  spoken  as  follows : 

"Now  the  day  has  arrived  in  which  the  edifice  of  God,  the 
divine  sanctuary,  the  spiritual  temple,  shall  be  erected  in 
America." 

"The  accessories  of  the  Mashrak-El-Azkar  are  numerous. 
Among  them  are  the  school  for  orphans,  the  great  college  for 
the  higher  arts,  hospital,  home  for  the  cripples  and  hospice. 
The  doors  of  these  places  are  to  be  opened  to  all  sects — no 
differentiations.  When  these  accessories  are  completed,  and, 
by  God's  help  and  aid,  the  departments  fully  systematized,  it 
will  be  proved  that  the  Mashrak-El-Azkar  is  to  human  society  a 
great  bounty  and  a  great  blessing. 

"In  brief,  through  the  unlimited  bounties  of  God,  I  am  hope- 
ful that  the  beloved  ones  of  God  in  America  may  be  aided 
and  confirmed  in  founding  this  mighty  and  solid  foundation 
and  gradually  annex  thereto  its  accessories." 


22  THE  NEW  DAY 

"When  these  institutions,  college,  hospital,  hospice  and  estab- 
lishments for  the  incurables,  university  for  the  study  of  higher 
sciences  and  giving  post-graduate  courses,  and  other  philan- 
thropic buildings  are  built,  its  doors  will  be  opened  to  all  the 
nations  and  religions.  There  will  be  absolutely  no  line  of  de- 
marcation drawn.  Its  charities  will  be  dispensed  irrespective 
of  color  or  race.  Its  gates  will  be  flung  wide  open  to  mankind ; 
prejudice  toward  none,  love  for  all.  The  central  building  will 
be  devoted  to  the  purpose  of  prayer  and  worship.  Thus,  for 
the  first  time,  religion  will  become  harmonized  with  science, 
and  science  will  be  the  handmaid  of  religion,  both  showering 
their  material  and  spiritual  gifts  on  ALL  humanity.  In  this 
way  the  people  will  be  lifted  out  of  the  quagmires  of  slothfulness 
and  bigotry." 

EDUCATION. 

Through  a  broad  and  liberal  education  along  scientific,  ma- 
terial and  intellectual  lines,  balanced  by  a  knowledge  of  man's 
moral  and  spiritual  duties  and  relation  to  God,  the  Bahais 
believe  that  the  superstitions  of  the  past  will  disappear  and 
with  them  the  prejudice  and  ignorance  which  have  always 
made  for  man's  limitation.  The  Bahai  Movement  stands 
strongly  for  the  freedom  and  education  of  woman,  even  going 
so  far  as  to  teach  that  it  is  more  necessary  for  parents  to  edu- 
cate their  girls,  than  their  boys.  Women  being  the  mothers 
and  the  early  teachers  of  the  children  of  the  race,  it  is  more 
necessary  that  they  be  educated  than  men.  In  the  Orient,  where 
the  condition  of  ignorance  and  general  degradation  among 
the  women  is  so  widespread,  the  condition  of  the  Bahai  women 
is  so  far  superior  to  that  of  the  women  in  general  in  the  coun- 
tries in  which  they  live  as  to  be  one  of  the  clear  demonstra- 
tions of  the  awakening  of  these  peoples  and  their  freedom 
from  their  former  religious  institutions  which  denied  educa- 
tional advantages  to  women.  Particularly  in  the  Moslem 
countries  are  the  women  denied  culture  and  education  by  the 
established  rule  of  theology,  but  now  through  the  dawn  of 
this  new  day  and  age  all  these  limitations  of  the  past  are  dis- 
appearing before  the  light  of  Truth. 


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PEACE. 

Religious  differences  have  been  the  chief  cause  of  warfare, 
while  religious  sympathy  and  understanding  have  always  made 
for  peace  and  prosperity.  Prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  Bahai 
Movement,  little  or  nothing  was  being  taught  nor  written 
about  peace,  arbitration,  universal  language,  suffrage  nor  other 
universal  institutions.  During  the  past  three-quarters  of  a 
century,  however,  the  world  has  awakened  to  the  necessity  for 
all  of  these  institutions  for  which  the  Bahai  Cause  stands ;  and 
now  the  most  enlightened  people  are  realizing  that  the  lack  of 
spiritual  or  religious  understanding,  with  the  accompanying 
lack  of  moral  perception,  is  the  real  cause  of  our  human  ills 
and  the  cataclysmic  conditions  through  which  the  world  is  now 
passing. 

While  Baha'o'llah's  teaching  was  ahead  of  the  world  of  His 
day,  the  world  of  today  is  realizing  more  and  more  the  value 
of  that  teaching.  The  supply  and  the  demand  are  now  meet- 
ing, from  which  better  conditions  will  result. 

The  Bahais  believe  in  a  federation  of  all  the  nations,  both 
large  and  small,  and  the  establishment  of  a  world  parliament 
for  the  judicial  settlement  of  international  disputes.  In  treat- 
ing of  this  matter  of  peace  between  the  nations,  Abdul  Baha 
says: 

"A  tribunal  will  be  under  the  power  of  God,  and  under  the 
protection  of  all  men.  Each  one  must  obey  the  decisions  of 
this  tribunal,  in  order  to  arrange  the  difficulties  of  every  nation. 

"About  fifty  years  ago  in  the  Book  of  Akdas,  Baha'o'llah 
commanded  the  people  to  establish  the  Universal  Peace  and 
summoned  all  the  nations  to  the  Divine  Banquet  of  interna- 
tional arbitration  so  that  the  questions  of  boundaries,  of  na- 
tional honor  and  property  and  of  vital  interests  between  nations 
might  be  decided  by  an  arbitral  court  of  justice. 

"Remember  these  precepts  were  given  more  than  half  a 
century  ago — at  that  moment  no  one  spoke  of  universal  peace 
— nor  of  any  of  these  principles,  but  Baha'o'llah  proclaimed 
them  to  all  the  sovereigns  of  the  world.  *  *  *  They  are  the 
spirit  of  this  age ;  the  light  of  this  age ;  they  are  the  well-being 
of  this  age." 


24  THE  NEW  DAY 

SCIENCE  AND  RELIGION. 

The  imaginations  and  superstitions  of  the  religious  sys- 
tems of  the  past,  are  against  common  sense  and  science,  for 
these  are  but  the  thoughts  of  men  of  the  ages.  The  universal 
basic  spiritual  truths  of  religion,  upon  the  contrary,  accord 
with  science.  When  men  understand  the  true  principles  of 
religion  no  conflict  will  be  found  between  them  and  the  ma- 
terial sciences. 

EVOLUTION  OF  MAN. 

According  to  the  Bahai  teaching  spirit  or  life  force  is  of  five 
kinds:  vegetable,  animal,  human,  the  divinely  spiritual  life  of 
the  soul,  and  the  Infinite  unknowable  spirit  of  God.  Man  was 
created  man,  a  species  apart  and  above  the  vegetable  and  animal 
conditions.  Through  the  spiritual  influences  of  the  manifesta- 
tions of  God's  Word,  or  the  Prophets,  man  becomes  charac- 
terized by  the  divinely  spiritual  qualities,  and  adds  to  his  human 
nature  the  spiritual  nature,  or  the  life  eternal. 

The  Bahais  see  true  religion  itself  as  a  scientific  fact,  for 
lo  them  the  true  philosophy  of  religion  is  the  statement  or  the 
science  of  the  higher  spiritual  laws  of  that  plain  of  being 
known  as  The  Kingdom  of  God.  Through  the  working  of 
these  divine  laws  and  a  knowledge  thereof,  humanity  arises 
from  the  state  of  spiritual  ignorance  which  characterizes  the 
so-called  "natural"  or  savage  man,  and  becomes  quickened 
by  the  process  of  the  higher  life.  Thus,  through  a  knowledge 
of  the  basis  principles  of  religion,  and  through  the  wisdom 
which  the  living  spirit  of  religion  instills  into  the  soul,  the 
true  religious  man  is  freed  from  the  thraldom  of  ignorance 
and  superstition,  which  imprisons  the  soul,  and  he  finds  ample 
opportunity  and  scope  for  the  development  of  the  highest  and 
noblest  virtues  peculiar  to  that  plane  of  being  known  as  The 
Kingdom  of  God. 

ORIENTAL-OCCIDENTAL  UNITY. 

One  of  the  greatest  obstacles  to  overcome  before  universal 
brotherhood  and  peace  can  come  is  the  natural  lack  of  confi- 
dence and  understanding  between  the  oriental  and  occidental 


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peoples.  The  Orient  has  always  been  the  source  of  the 
world's  spiritual  inspiration,  while  in  the  Occident  has  appeared 
the  fruition  of  this  inspiration  in  the  form  of  a  highly  evolved 
civilization.  Through  the  Bahai  Teachings  this  chasm  between 
the  East  and  the  West  is  bridged,  and  for  the  first  time  in  his- 
tory oriental  and  occidental  are  meeting  on  a  common  ground 
of  sympathy  and  understanding. 

ECONOMIC  QUESTIONS. 

Co-operation  is  the  basic  principle  upon  which  all  institutions 
should  be  founded.  The  co-operation  of  all  for  the  good  of  all. 
Laws  should  be  so  regulated  that  it  will  be  impossible  for  one 
man  to  enrich  himself  at  the  expense  of  another.  Through 
the  proper  adjustment  of  political  and  commercial  relations 
between  individuals  and  nations  all  will  live  in  harmony,  hap- 
piness and  in  plenty. 

THE  HOUSE  OF  JUSTICE. 

Baha'o'llah  arranged  for  the  guidance  and  the  welfare  of 
His  cause  by  appointing  Abdul  Baha  "The  Center  of  His 
Covenant,"  to  whom  the  people  were  to  turn  for  guidance. 
After  Abdul  Baha  all  matters  are  to  be  referred  to  "The  House 
of  Justice,"  a  body  of  men  to  be  chosen  from  the  believers 
because  of  their  spiritual  qualifications  for  wisdom  and  divine 
knowledge. 

The  business  affairs  of  the  Bahai  Movement  are  conducted 
by  these  assemblies  of  consultation.  In  addition  to  the  local 
Houses  of  Justice,  there  will  be  a  general  assembly  of  consul- 
tation composed  of  representatives  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
This  will  be  known  as  "The  Universal  House  of  Justice." 

THE  METHOD  OF  TEACHING. 

The  teaching  is  given  without  money  and  without  price. 
Teachers  are  usually  self-supporting,  giving  their  time  and 
services,  the  recompense  for  which  is  the  joy  and  satisfaction 
of  serving  in  the  cause  of  Truth,  but  in  rare  instances  persons 
of  means  have  been  known  to  provide  traveling  and  living  ex- 


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penses  enabling  certain  speakers  and  teachers  for  a  time  to 
extend  the  field  of  their  labors.  Teaching  consists  of  first 
living  the  principles  of  the  cause  in  one's  inner  life  and  then 
speaking  to  others.  Unless  a  teacher  lives  the  life  of  which  he 
preaches  his  words  will  have  no  effect  upon  the  hearts  of 
others. 

All  Bahais  are  servants  of  the  cause  and  are  supposed  to 
promulgate  the  teachings,  each  in  his  own  sphere — each  work- 
ing according  to  his  ability.  Some  are  able  to  go  about 
through  the  world  teaching  and  preaching,  while  others  carry 
on  their  religious  work  in  conjunction  with  their  material 
affairs.  The  Bahais  in  no  way  form  a  close  sect  or  cult.  They 
do  not  separate  themselves  from  other  people.  Their  work  is 
ever  outward  and  in  the  world  where  they  are  diffusing  spir- 
itual knowledge  and  serving  humanity. 

In  the  following  words  of  Abdul  Baha  he  instructs  teachers 
how  they  should  teach: 

"The  intention  of  the  teacher  must  be  pure,  his  heart  inde- 
pendent, his  spirit  attracted,  his  thought  at  peace,  his  resolu- 
tion firm,  his  magnanimity  exalted  and  in  the  love  of  God  a 
shining  torch. 

"Should  he  become  as  such,  his  sanctified  breath  will  even 
affect  the  rock;  otherwise  there  will  be  no  result  whatsoever. 
As  long  as  a  soul  is  not  perfected,  how  can  he  efface  the  defects 
of  others? 

"Unless  he  is  detached  from  aught  else  save  God,  how  can 
he  teach  severance  to  others?" 

GROWTH  OF  THE  MOVEMENT. 

The  movement  under  The  Bab  was  practically  confined  to 
the  Islamic  countries.  During  the  ministry  of  Baha'o'llah  the 
message  was  taken  to  various  other  countries  of  the  Orient 
and  now  under  the  ministration  of  Abdul  Baha  it  has  spread 
the  world  around.  There  are  not  only  centers  of  Bahai  teach- 
ing in  China,  Japan,  Burma,  India,  Persia,  Turkistan,  Caucasia, 
the  Turkish  countries  and  in  Egypt,  but  there  are  strong  Bahai 
centers  in  France,  Germany,  England  and  throughout  the  Unit- 
ed States  and  Canada.  This  growth  has  been  a  comparatively 


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slow  but  a  steady  one.  It  is  not  limited  by  religious  nor  racial 
conditions,  which  is  proven  by  the  many  heterogeneous  ele- 
ments which  this  cause  is  assimilating  and  fusing  into  one  ele- 
ment, which  is  the  world  type  of  man. 

The  universal  principles  of  Truth  which  the  Bahai  Movement 
is  teaching  are  already  clearly  seen  in  the  way  in  which  this 
teaching  appeals  to  people  of  all  religions,  races,  and  nation- 
alities. When  a  soul  becomes  touched  by  the  Bahai  Spirit  he 
becomes  a  citizen  of  the  world,  quite  freed  from  the  limitations 
of  his  former  environment,  while  his  social  and  religious  preju- 
dices inherited  from  forebears  and  environment  are  changed 
into  a  desire  to  do  something  toward  world  brotherhood  through 
tangible  service  to  his  fellow  men.  In  the  Bahai  meetings — 
notably  those  in  the  East — one  sees  Christians,  Jews,  Moslems, 
Zoroastrians,  Hindus  and  Buddhists  mingling  as  brothers  and 
eating  at  the  same  tables.  It  has  been  the  writer's  privilege  to 
travel  extensively  and  to  attend  many  such  reunions.  He  has 
spent  much  time  in  the  oriental  countries  and  has  seen  the 
spiritual  blending  of  the  Orient  and  Occident,  which  process 
is  being  brought  about  by  the  love  and  devotion  of  the  Bahais 
one  for  another.  These  people  are  really  demonstrating  the 
power  of  divine  love,  for  with  them  it  is  so  powerful  as  to 
overcome  all  religious  and  racial  antipathy  and  is  producing 
real  brotherhood  and  peace. 


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